"Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right."
The other day, I had a flight delay on a trip that already felt like it was going to be too short.
To be perfectly honest, for as much travel as I do, I'm not very good at...
In things that I can't quite believe: I've been blogging for eight years! This little blog domain has witnessed life in three countries and travels to 35 more (!), two cross-country and two-around-the-world moves, countless weekend trips and so many...
One of the things that I believe strongly is that things that are more expensive aren't necessarily better. One of the things that I've been trying to do recently is rejigger my beauty routine to include products that work, regardless of the price or...
One of the best pieces of advice I got from a late professor was to stop putting age limits on things. We often grow up with numbers in mind for certain achievements: engaged by 25, VP by 29, married by 30, five kids by 36, first book published by...
A year ago today (!), we slipped away to the courthouse to make it official. Four years to the day that we met (via OKCupid! in a dive bar!), David and I got married in front of our best friends and closest family. It was simple and sweet and...
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Christine Amorose Merrill
C'est Christine is my little slice of the internet to talk travel, lifestyle and twenty- and thirty-something struggles. After stints living in France, Australia and NYC and lots of (often solo!) travel around the world, I currently live in San Diego with my husband, daughter and two pugs.